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Psalm 51

Psa. 51:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Purge
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
x me with hyssop
'ezowb (Hebrew #231)
hyssop
KJV usage: hyssop.
Pronounce: ay-zobe'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
, and I shall be clean
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
: wash
kabac (Hebrew #3526)
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
KJV usage: fuller, wash(-ing).
Pronounce: kaw-bas'
Origin: a primitive root
me, and I shall bey whiter
laban (Hebrew #3835)
to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from 3843) to make bricks
KJV usage: make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
Pronounce: law-ban'
Origin: a primitive root
than snow
sheleg (Hebrew #7950)
snow (probably from its whiteness)
KJV usage: snow(-y).
Pronounce: sheh'-leg
Origin: from 7949
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Lev. 14:4‑9• 4then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood and scarlet and hyssop.
 5And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over living water.
 6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird killed over the living water;
 7and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.
 8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave all his hair, and bathe in water, and he shall be clean; and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
 9And it shall be on the seventh day that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. (Lev. 14:4‑9)
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Num. 19:18• 18and a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and upon all the utensils, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that hath touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead person, or the grave; (Num. 19:18)
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Heb. 9:19• 19For when every commandment was spoken according to law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
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Isa. 1:18• 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Purge.
Lev. 14:4‑7,49‑52• 4then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood and scarlet and hyssop.
 5And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over living water.
 6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird killed over the living water;
 7and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.
 49And he shall take to purge the house the two birds and cedar-wood and scarlet and hyssop;
 50and he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over living water;
 51and he shall take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the scarlet and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed, and in the living water, and shall sprinkle the house seven times;
 52and he shall purge the house from the defilement with the blood of the bird, and with the living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet; (Lev. 14:4‑7,49‑52)
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Num. 19:18‑20• 18and a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and upon all the utensils, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that hath touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead person, or the grave;
 19and the clean shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and he shall purify him on the seventh day; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
 20And the man that is unclean, and doth not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, for he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled on him: he is unclean. (Num. 19:18‑20)
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Heb. 9:19• 19For when every commandment was spoken according to law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and of goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
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Heb. 9:13‑14• 13For if the blood of goats and bulls and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled sanctifieth for the purity of the flesh,
 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:13‑14)
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1 John 1:7• 7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus [Christ] his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)
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Rev. 1:5• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)
whiter.
Isa. 1:18• 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)
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Eph. 5:26‑27• 26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] by the washing of water in [the] word,
 27that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:26‑27)
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Rev. 7:13‑14• 13And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These that are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
 14And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:13‑14)
• The reference is to the cleansing of the leper, and those who had defiled themselves by contact with a dead body. The hyssop was dipped in blood, which was then sprinkled on the person to be cleansed. It surely speaks of the righteous ground on which God can cleanse―the precious blood of Christ. (“Psalm 51” by H. Smith)
• They call on the Lord to thoroughly cleanse them from their sins and to restore the joy of salvation (vs. 7-13). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Purgeb me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "purge from sin."

W. Kelly Translation

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Purge me with hyssop,{HR}And I shall be clean; wash me,{HR}And I shall be whiter than snow.